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caroline malone has more. >> this is what is left of the village after the attack of boko haram. it's the first assault in chad by the nigerian armed group. it's thought about 30 fighters crossed lake chad early on friday. they made it to the village and shot at anyone they found and then set fire to the place. two-thirds of the village has been burned to the ground. ngumbe was a place where people sought safety. thousands of nigerias left the town after it was attacked. many of the them are on the run again as the violence follows them. the chadian army is part of a regional task force made up of troops from nigeria niger and cameroon fighting boko haram which is trying to create an islamic state in the region, and it has killed and kidnapped thousands of people. the chadian army responded to friday's attack and eventually pushed the armed group back. but many people are concerned about boko haram's ability to launch attacks in nigeria and in neighboring countries like chad. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> in malaysia protesters have been rallying any support of jailed oppositio
caroline malone has more. >> this is what is left of the village after the attack of boko haram. it's the first assault in chad by the nigerian armed group. it's thought about 30 fighters crossed lake chad early on friday. they made it to the village and shot at anyone they found and then set fire to the place. two-thirds of the village has been burned to the ground. ngumbe was a place where people sought safety. thousands of nigerias left the town after it was attacked. many of the them...
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caroline malone reports. >> reporter: shock, sadness and sympathy for kenji goto's family expressed by people in tokoyo. crowds gathered outside the prime minister office after they found out the veteran reporter had most likely been murdered in syria by the islamic state of iraq in the levant. >> he always hoped to make the world a place without any wars and to save children from war and poverty. i promise here to carry out his legacy. >> earlier, prime minister shinzo abe said a video released by is ill showing them killing goto was most likely real. >> we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrific act of terrorism and denounce it in the strongest terms. to the terrorists we will never, never forgive you for this act. >> kenji goto had gone into syria last year, partly to help rescue another person. >> person has likely been killed. goto made a video making it clear he knew the risks. some people feel the killing of two japanese people by is ill in a week will change perceptions in japan. >> unfortunately, i think this incident will further degrade the islamic image in japan
caroline malone reports. >> reporter: shock, sadness and sympathy for kenji goto's family expressed by people in tokoyo. crowds gathered outside the prime minister office after they found out the veteran reporter had most likely been murdered in syria by the islamic state of iraq in the levant. >> he always hoped to make the world a place without any wars and to save children from war and poverty. i promise here to carry out his legacy. >> earlier, prime minister shinzo abe...
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caroline malone, al jazeera. >> houthi rebels ever taken control of a special forces army camp in anna, yemen after fighting government soldiers there. the houthi's have held the capitol for sometime and they want to arrest president adou rabbo mansour hadi and bring him to justice. he left the camp and is in the southern port of aden. he has withdrawn his resignation as president which he made while being held by the houthis last month. the move of the power to aden does not sit well with many, they are concerned it will bring with it instability. >> this is aden, yemen's de facto capitol since president adou rabbo mansour hadi arrived here. houthis put him under house arrest, but he managed to escape and now is trying to rule from aden. the reaction of people here may surprise many. >> they are shouting no, no, no, aden is only the capitol of the south. we don't want the north here, we want independence. >> it's not a secret of history of bitterness between the north and south. instead of overjoyed by the shift of power, people we talked to expressed apprehension and mistrust. >> the
caroline malone, al jazeera. >> houthi rebels ever taken control of a special forces army camp in anna, yemen after fighting government soldiers there. the houthi's have held the capitol for sometime and they want to arrest president adou rabbo mansour hadi and bring him to justice. he left the camp and is in the southern port of aden. he has withdrawn his resignation as president which he made while being held by the houthis last month. the move of the power to aden does not sit well...
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caroline malone reports. >> fighting in pleap province is fierce andaleppo province.rebel groups are fighting soldiers from the regime but many other sides are involved in this war. last week forces fighting for syrian president bashar al-assad, iran and hezbollah say they have taken part of the northern sections of aleppo. rebels have since regained ground, killing his men and taking some of them prisoners they say. >> translator: right now we are here in al mall village and we have managed to rid the area of gangs. al nusra, al qaeda affiliated group, where withdrew from some suburbs. but remain nearby. winning the battle in aleppo would also be psychologically important for any side involved in the fight. >> it's a big city. the biggest in syria. it's the commercial heart of the country. it has incredibly strategic links to turkey and the north. to the heart land and the center and towards lebanon. towards the i.s.i.l.-controlled areas, the kurdish areas in the east. so it's a very, very important symbolic issue that the government and the rebels are both willing to fight to maint
caroline malone reports. >> fighting in pleap province is fierce andaleppo province.rebel groups are fighting soldiers from the regime but many other sides are involved in this war. last week forces fighting for syrian president bashar al-assad, iran and hezbollah say they have taken part of the northern sections of aleppo. rebels have since regained ground, killing his men and taking some of them prisoners they say. >> translator: right now we are here in al mall village and we...
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caroline malone, al jazeera. >> jim walsh joins me from watertown near boston, massachusetts. welcome jim walsh. the fact that egypt went in so quickly. what is suggested by what is known about i.s.i.l. and the way it operates in libya possibly in that country for a long time but under another name? >> i think what you have in libya is sort of a fm conflict fundamental conflict that's been there a while and the government has faded away. this is going to continue to go on and whether the islamists affiliate with al qaeda today and i.s.i.l. tomorrow i don't think is that important. i think the egyptian strikes strike me as cosmetic at best. they drop some bombs and look like they're fighting back. but i don't think that's going to change the game in libya and it sounds like it killed a bunch of civilians. >> you say i.s.i.l. is here to stay. is that because of, you just touched on it briefly because of the governments many of them corrupt, many of them weak? >> yes, this is a perfect example of that. libya's government is virtually nonexistent. i.s.i.l. can take advantage of th
caroline malone, al jazeera. >> jim walsh joins me from watertown near boston, massachusetts. welcome jim walsh. the fact that egypt went in so quickly. what is suggested by what is known about i.s.i.l. and the way it operates in libya possibly in that country for a long time but under another name? >> i think what you have in libya is sort of a fm conflict fundamental conflict that's been there a while and the government has faded away. this is going to continue to go on and...
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caroline malone al jazeera. >>> south sudan has postponed elections set for june and the cabinet has extended the president's term until july 2017. the country's information minister said the move which parliament needs to prove is necessary to preserve peace. the president and former vice presidents have been locked in a violent power struggle for more than a year. they agreed to the outlines after power-sharing deal earlier this month. hundreds more migrants have been rescued from overcrowded boats. two commercial ships an the italian coast guard saved the migrants following an early morning distress call. this was shot by the italian coast guard. some have been taken to lampadusa. others to sicily. an estimated 300 my grant drowned earlier this week trying to reach italy from north africa. >> still to come on the program, how delhi's new chief ministers plans to wipe out corruption within five years. valentine's day connections, find out why this palestinian couple planning to marry are restricted to skype dates. england planning to manage their start. details coming up >> al jaze
caroline malone al jazeera. >>> south sudan has postponed elections set for june and the cabinet has extended the president's term until july 2017. the country's information minister said the move which parliament needs to prove is necessary to preserve peace. the president and former vice presidents have been locked in a violent power struggle for more than a year. they agreed to the outlines after power-sharing deal earlier this month. hundreds more migrants have been rescued from...
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caroline malone has this report. >>> shock, sadness, sympathy by family. crowds outside the prime minister's office. after they found out that a reporter had been in syria by the islamic state of iraq and levant. >> always hoped to make the world a place without wars, and save children from war and poverty, i promised to carry out it. >> a video released by i.s.i.l. was most likely real. >> translation: we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism and denounce it in the strongest terms. to the terrorists we will never forgive. >> kenji goto jogo had gone into syria to help rescue nationals, who had been taken by i.s.i.l. that person has been killed. before going, kenji goto jogo made a video making it clear that he knew the risks. >> all this is on me. >> reporter: people feel the killing of two japanese people by i.s.i.l. in a week would change perceptions. >> i think the incident will degrade the islamic image in japan, and this is a tragedy because, of course the hostage crisis, and the terrorism that is going on in northern
caroline malone has this report. >>> shock, sadness, sympathy by family. crowds outside the prime minister's office. after they found out that a reporter had been in syria by the islamic state of iraq and levant. >> always hoped to make the world a place without wars, and save children from war and poverty, i promised to carry out it. >> a video released by i.s.i.l. was most likely real. >> translation: we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of...
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caroline malone reports. >> reporter: egypt has hit the libyan city of durna aiming at i.s.i.l. targets. the attack also killed receivables as well as a number of children. fighters aligned with general halifa hafta says they have already bombed portions of benghazi and cert. >> we wouldn't hesitate to fight them the same that applies to egypt. for groups that commit such crimes borders aren't going to be an issue. >> the rival libyan government based in tripoli has denounced the attacks. >> translator: this horrible assaultenassault on this terrorism conducted by the egyptian military represents a clear breesh of international law and the u.n. charter. ftc. >> reporter: the first air campaign happened just hours after egypt's leader warned it would respond to the killing of 21 egyptians in libya. the group had traveled olibya looking for work. after video was posted online that appeared to represent them being killed by i.s.i.l. egypt has run a campaign against what it calls terrorists groups in the sinai peninsula and one of its latest videos i.s.i.l. also made a direct threat
caroline malone reports. >> reporter: egypt has hit the libyan city of durna aiming at i.s.i.l. targets. the attack also killed receivables as well as a number of children. fighters aligned with general halifa hafta says they have already bombed portions of benghazi and cert. >> we wouldn't hesitate to fight them the same that applies to egypt. for groups that commit such crimes borders aren't going to be an issue. >> the rival libyan government based in tripoli has denounced...
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caroline malone has the latest on developments in libya. >> reporter: people in tripoli celebrate as they remember the start of an uprising four years ago that helped push gadhafi out of power. but many are also angry at the egyptians from air strikes. militia militiamen say they are heading to a city. the militia want to tackle isil affiliated groups there themselves and are against the intervention that killed civilians on monday when egypt struck training bases and weapons storage areas. >> translator: we strongly condom the egyptian aggression on the city of duma and consider it to be a violation of our libyan sovereignty. we also condemn the terrorist attack that targeted a number of egyptian nationals in libya. >>> >> reporter: libia's political leadership is fractured. egypt is calling for a u.n. resolution to intervene in libya. it's not just egypt that is concerned about unravelling security. the european union is planning to hold talks with the united states and egypt on how to deal with groups linked to isil. >> it is clear that it is a complex situation. so far it has bee
caroline malone has the latest on developments in libya. >> reporter: people in tripoli celebrate as they remember the start of an uprising four years ago that helped push gadhafi out of power. but many are also angry at the egyptians from air strikes. militia militiamen say they are heading to a city. the militia want to tackle isil affiliated groups there themselves and are against the intervention that killed civilians on monday when egypt struck training bases and weapons storage...
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caroline malone, al jazeera. >> fighters forced 11.5 million people to leave their homes. nearly 4 million have left the country, most of the them taking ref skwraoupblg in lebanon turkey jordan or iraq. more than 7 million more are internally displaced and more than 12 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. let's talk to secretary general at the norwegian refugee camps. every week you think it can't get worse and every week it seems to. what can you do for these people? >> we can do a lot for these people. i spent this day up in the valley here in lebanon. half of the polllation there are refugees from syria. there are also syrian refugees there. a lot of humanitarian organizations, including my own struggle to provide hope to all of these people. we put thousands and thousands of kids in school. we provide shelter and services for these people, but we lack funding. we lack attention for our work, and we lack access from all of the region to the syrians in greatest need, because as you've proven in the two previous pieces of yours the absolutely worst conditions
caroline malone, al jazeera. >> fighters forced 11.5 million people to leave their homes. nearly 4 million have left the country, most of the them taking ref skwraoupblg in lebanon turkey jordan or iraq. more than 7 million more are internally displaced and more than 12 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. let's talk to secretary general at the norwegian refugee camps. every week you think it can't get worse and every week it seems to. what can you do for these people? >>...
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caroline malone, al jazeera. >> in the wake of those air strikes in libya army units have been sent to help police secure roads and public buildings. national defense council decided on sunday that the police should be supported by the military across the country. egypt's air strikes in libya coincide with its signing a major deal to upgrade its military hardware. it's agreed to buy 24 jets and naval frigate in a deal noted to be worth almost $6 billion. nadim baba reports. >> french defense minister was in cairo on monday signing an arms deal worth almost $6 billion. >> translator: egypt was the first country to buy the mirage 2000 jet fighters and today was the first to choose the rafali jet fighters. >> the contract includes the first rafale fighter jets. the company in which makes the jets struggled to secure major contracts in recent years. >> translator: closers the french and the egyptian political authorities and in a time where we all have to fight jihaddism, it is good to have a close connection between the french and the egyptians. >> before signing french president francois
caroline malone, al jazeera. >> in the wake of those air strikes in libya army units have been sent to help police secure roads and public buildings. national defense council decided on sunday that the police should be supported by the military across the country. egypt's air strikes in libya coincide with its signing a major deal to upgrade its military hardware. it's agreed to buy 24 jets and naval frigate in a deal noted to be worth almost $6 billion. nadim baba reports. >>...
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caroline malone, al jazeera. >> let's look at some of the factions fighting inside libya. there are two rival governments vying for power in the country now. there's a government in tripoli haas been recognized by libya's supreme constitutional court and a deposit in tobruk. elected in 2014 to replace the national congress elected two years before that. general haftar formed national libyan army. once loyal to khadafi but turned against him and led the uprising against him. with all these groups fighting for power i.s.i.l. is gaining a foothold. omar al sallah takes a look. >> different ideologies and they back two competing governments. general hafta waged a war against terrorists what he called from sheri after and is accused of being infiltrateby members of the formers regime led by moammar gadhafi. recognized parliament was recognized in june 2014 to replace the general national congress which had been elected two years earlier. but after weeks of infighting the gnc refused to staging a coup. fighters known as the shield of libya forced the new parliament out of the ca
caroline malone, al jazeera. >> let's look at some of the factions fighting inside libya. there are two rival governments vying for power in the country now. there's a government in tripoli haas been recognized by libya's supreme constitutional court and a deposit in tobruk. elected in 2014 to replace the national congress elected two years before that. general haftar formed national libyan army. once loyal to khadafi but turned against him and led the uprising against him. with all these...
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caroline malone reports. >> reporter: many are angry about the egyptian airstrikes. >> there is no militant presence here. just families. the father, mother, children, they were all killed. another man died here. about seven people were killed in the neighborhood. >> the court appointed the to describe the attacks as hostile. now militia say they're heading to the city of sirte to attack the affiliate groups themselves. libya's political leadership are fractured that the strikes are carried out. egypt is calling for for an u.n. resolution to intervene in libya. then the campaign happened after 21 egyptians beheaded there it's not just about unraveling security. the united nations is planning to hold talks with the united states and egypt about isil, sometimes referred to as the derogatory word daesh. >> there is another dimension that should push all the sides inside libya to realize that daesh is a threat to the entire country, to all libyans and it would require a joint action to face the threats. >> france and italy are also campaign forgive coordinated international response warning if
caroline malone reports. >> reporter: many are angry about the egyptian airstrikes. >> there is no militant presence here. just families. the father, mother, children, they were all killed. another man died here. about seven people were killed in the neighborhood. >> the court appointed the to describe the attacks as hostile. now militia say they're heading to the city of sirte to attack the affiliate groups themselves. libya's political leadership are fractured that the...
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it's already greatly affected some people here caroline malone, al jazeera. >> the jordanian government has released a statement condemning the killing. the statement also talks about a jordanian pilot captured by is ill. it says jordan has made all efforts to save kenji goto's life and ensure his release. we have been continuously communicating with the japanese government on this matter. we are making all efforts to find evidence that the jordanian pilot is safe and to ensure his release to jordan. anti-russia protests have taken place in the ukrainian capitol. demonstrators placed 30 crosses in front of the russian embassy in kiev. they say it's in protest against an attack in the eastern city of mariupol last week which killed 30 people. the violence in eastern ukraine shows little sign of letting up. 13 soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours. they were fighting pro-russia separatits across eastern ukraine. the town has been a seen of particularly intense fighting as charles stratford reports. >> reporter: they run for cover clutching shopping bags. what sound like artillery
it's already greatly affected some people here caroline malone, al jazeera. >> the jordanian government has released a statement condemning the killing. the statement also talks about a jordanian pilot captured by is ill. it says jordan has made all efforts to save kenji goto's life and ensure his release. we have been continuously communicating with the japanese government on this matter. we are making all efforts to find evidence that the jordanian pilot is safe and to ensure his...